Best in the Desert Silver State Series
Round 3: Terrible's Town 250
(Above) Shane Esposito pulls away
from p" six, shortly after taking the
physical lead in the Terrible's Town
250. He and partner Destry Abbott
went on to win the race, and with "
the $10,000 cash prize.
(Right) Former winner Brian Brown
(shown) and David Pearson led most
of the race until their bike broke with
about 70 miles to go. They replaced
the engine and salvaged seventh
place.
STORY AND PHOTOS BY MARK KARIYA
PAHRUMP,NV,APR.6
eam Green off-road standouts
Destry Abbott and Shane Esposito became the first two-time winners
in the race's history after coming
from behind to earn the victory and
its attendant $ 10,000 prize at the
Terrible's Town 250. Round three of
Best in the Desert's Silver State
Series, the $40,000 total purse that
the Herbst family's Terrible's Town
Casino offers is unmatched in North
America and probably the western
hemisphere; both the motorcycle and
truck/buggy overall winning teams
receive $10,000 in cash. Abbott won
the race with Brian Brown in '99,
while Esposito and David Ondas
topped the field the following year.
"We knew there were four or five
teams that were going to be really
tough to beat here," Abbott said. "We
just had an awesome day. Shane
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but for the most part, everything went
really well."
"The money does make it sweeter,
but a win's a win: Esposito said.
"The money probably makes you
push a little harder and take some
chances that you shouldn't, but it definitely does make it a lot better."
The Montclair Yamaha/Smith/
Moose YZ426F of Matt Gosnell/Nick
Pearson's drew the first starting position, and the team led until pit two at
51 mile
"It started off really good, then it
went down once right towards the end
- just slid out on a pavement section -
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got really rocky: Pearson said. "I
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